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Ha! Sorry to disappoint, but I have not a singe photo of that event. I only have video of some other things that were going on at the time. Bummer

There's some pretty crazy people out there. I watched a guy free climb "Big Jack" at the Redwoods River Resort without anything but his hands and feet. 230 feet vertical. Mind you he was on belay, but there was several feet of slack in the line the whole time. He shimmied up between big jack...

Getting up that leaner could be done with just a set of spurs, strong arms and a vise grip. You would have to lay right on the trunk like you were crawling across the ground. 200 feet later you would reach some limbs to grab a hold of, and rest. Be a lot of thinking in between. A Ninja...

I hope it work out the best for you, Stig.

It will happen when it happens.

All of that, Stig.

Most wind falls on the river flats will pull their roots and heave up a big wad, but a certain percentage fall by the ground giving out under the pressure of their lean. In such cases the root wad will not heave and the tree will be flat on the ground.

It's not uncommon to find a big leaner on a slope that has stood for a hundred years or more, because they can grow their roots into something solid on the side of a mountain. On a river flat, like where this tree grows, the ground is pure silt and so the odds are pretty slim against any tree...

Here's a couple more angles on the tree. Looking west and east.

Once you are off the ground you're good to go. The rangers will wait like dogs. Bad boys, bad boys.. what they gonna do... Damn tree climber's anyway.

The California State Parks have cut back on staff a lot lately. Stealth climbs are less likely to be intervened in the present.

It's unanimous. Well, sort of anyway.

Hendy woods was my first rec-climb bust, back in 76. The park rangers where cracking up. It was the most exciting time they had ever. The big leaner would be a cool tree to climb, very challenging out of the spurs and flipline. I thought about it more than once, but the shaggy bark down...

No GPS needed, Stig. It's easy to get too. Actually, if you felt daring enough you could crawl up the side of it! Some velcro might help with the effort though. I imagine a coos bay could trip it, but certainly would take some careful pre-planing.

Unless guy lines were used it is doubtful the tree would stay on the stump long enough to reach a favor to the lay. Damn brittle the wood is in those trees. Some good scenarios to ponder though.

Or ultimate pull tree!

That tree is in Hendy Woods, about 40 miles from Ft. Bragg.

Coos bay that baby!

I been watching this tree for over 40 years and in spite of its lean it is still standing. Hanging on solely by it roots. It has leaned long enough that its top 60 or 70 feet has grown plumb. Most redwoods of this size don't last for more than a season or two before toppling from...